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House  of  Representatives,  March  27,  1849. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  on  Railways  and  Canals  be 
instructed  to  report  the  estimated  amount  of  capital  required  to 
construct  all  those  railroads  for  which  an  extension  of  time,  for 
locating  or  building  the  same,  has  been  asked  of  this  Legisla- 
ture ; and  also  the  estimated  capital  required  to  construct  the 
several  railroads  which  have  been  petitioned  for  during  the 
present  session. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence. 

CHAS.  W.  STOREY,  Clerk. 


Senate,  March  28,  1849. 

Concurred. 

CHAS.  CALHOUN,  Clerk. 


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RAILROADS. 


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In  Senate,  March  31,  1849. 

The  Joint  Standing  Committee  on  Railways  and  Canals,  to 
which  was  referred  an  order  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, passed  March  28,  1849,  instructing  the  said  committee 
to  report  the  estimated  amount  of  capital  required  to  con- 
struct all  those  railroads  for  which  an  extension  of  time  for 
locating  or  building  the  same,  has  been  asked  for  of  this 
Legislature ; and  also  the  estimated  capital  required  to  con- 
struct the  several  railroads  which  have  been  petitioned  for 
during  the  present  session, 

REPORT: 


That  the. following  corporations  have  asked  for  an  extension 
of  time  for  locating  and  constructing  railroads  of  the  present 
Legislature,  viz: — 


Barre  and  Worcester,  .... 

CAPITAL. 

$1,000,000 

Fitchburg,  (Lancaster  and  Sterling  Branch,) 

estimate,  ..... 

130,000 

Fitchburg  and  Worcester,  constructing,  . 

500,000 

Essex,  nearly  completed,  and  in  operation, 

500,000 

Salem  and  Lowell,  .... 

400,000 

Newburyport,  constructing, 

200,000 

Taunton  and  Middleborough, 

150,000 

Union,  ...... 

150,000 

Waltham  and  Newton,  .... 

100,000 

Harvard  Branch,  .... 

40,000 

$3,170,000 

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Acts  of  incorporation  have  been  reported  for  the  construction 


of  new  railroads,  as  follows,  viz  : — 

CAPITAL. 

Charles  River  Railroad,  . 

$300,000 

Waltham  and  Watertown  Branch, 

100,000 

Medway  Branch, 

75,000 

Norfolk  County  Branch,  . 

50,000 

Indian  Orchard,  .... 

50,000 

Middleborough  and  Plympton,  . 

150,000 

Southbridge  and  Blackstone, 

800,000 

Mount  Pleasant,  .... 

150,000 

Silver  Lake,  .... 

35,000 

Quanapowitt,  .... 

60,000 

Dorchester  and  Milton,  . 

50,000 

Springfield  and  Longmeadow, 

150,000 

Fairhaven  Branch, 

250,000 

West  Dedham  Branch,  . 

150,000 

$2,370,000 

The  committee  are  unable  to  give  the  amount  of  the  capital 
stock  for  all  the  railroads  petitioned  for,  as  the  petitions  do 
not  state  the  capital  required.  There  is  an  application  before 
the  committee  for  a railroad  in  Essex  County,  which  will  cost 
about  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  upon  which  no  decision 
has  been  formed ; and  an  application  for  an  extension  of  the 
Eastern  Railroad,  which,  if  granted,  will  render  necessary  an 
increase  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  Eastern  Railroad  Company 
of  six  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

TAPPAN  WENTWORTH,  Chairman. 


